Metallic shingle



(No Model.)

E. VAN NOORDEN.

. METALLIGSHINGLE.

Patented U UNITED STATES PATENT FFICEQ EZEKIEL VAN NOORDEN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

METALLIC SHINGLEQ SPECIPICATION orming part of Letters Patent No. 341,188, dated May 4, 1886.

' Appleation filed January 2,1886. Ser:ll No. 1873: l. (No moxlel.)

T0 aZZ w7wm it mcty concern:

Be it known that I, EZEKIEL VAN NOOR- DEN, of Boston, in the county of Suflolk and State of Massaehusetts, a eitizen of the United States, have imented a new and useful Iniprovement in Metallic Shingles, of wliich the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptien, reference beng had 1:0 the accompanying (lrawings, forming a part of tliis specifieation in explaining its nat-ure.

'1l1e invention relates to a metallic shingle having strengthening-ribs disposed in relation to eaeh other as hereinafter described, 1neans f0r securing the shingles t0 each other aud in a manner to provide a water-tight construetion, and in water-guards arranged aloug the edges of the shingles, as hereinafter speeified.

Referrng to the drawngs, Figure 1 represents in perspeetive a portion of a roof partially covered with my shingles. Fig. 2 is a section, enla1ged 011 the (lottecl line 10 x of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a seetion, enlarged, on the dotted line y y ef Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a single shingle. Fig. 5 is a crosssection of a single shingle upon the dotted line of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detail view.

Tl1e shingles preferably are square in form aud are made from tin or other suitable sheet metal; but they are seeurecl to the roof with the point A uppermost. Bach sl1ingle has its edge a between the lines or p0ints l 2 and its eclge b" between the p0ints 3 4 turned upwarcl t0 form a water-guard, and it also has at its upper corner the roundecl or dish-shaped recess 01" cavity u in its uncler surfaee, formed by striking up the section u of the shingle 01 metal plate. The cavity preferably is circular in plan. At the right corner of the shingle is another recess 01 cavity, a, which is halfround-that is, it is formed t0 extend to the edge a of the plateas represented in Fig. 4, and a portion of the metal forming tl1is recess 0r cavity is cut 01 struck up to form a fastening extension or nger, a". At the left corner of the sl1ingle, upon a line with the cavity a, is another reeess 01 cavity, a"', formed by striking up the metal of the shingle, which is similar in shape to the one last descrbed, with the excepton that its opening extends to the edge ct of the shingle, and it likewise has a fastening extension 01 finger, u", formed by striking up or slitti ng tl1e metal of the shingle, as represented. At the 10wer corner of the shingle there is also a recess 01 cavity, a",

formed by striking up the n1etal, which is half bead or rib, b', iorming a erwity, I), also c0nnects therecess or cavity a with the eavity ct", parallel with the side edge 1". The two recesses 01 cavities a' a are connected with each other by a bead 01 rib, b"", formed imme diately adjacent to the edge, which provides a cavity 0r recess, 11'.

The recess 0r cavity u" aml the recess 01 cavity (15 are connectecl by a bead or rib, b also formed adjacent to the eclge cv, which provides a recess 01. eavity, I)", in tlie under surlace. Thereis als0 form'ed in the sl1ingle tl1e bead 01 rib c, whicl1 exten1ls parallel with the edge a lr01n the point 5 to the point 6, and for1us a reces or cavity, c,and tl1e bead or rib c*, whieh extenrls from the end of the ribparallel with tlie side enige, (0, to the point 7 and forms tl1e cavity c". These ribs 01 beads are disposed in relation to eael1 other t0 ac complish two I)UI'POSOSMYS, to provide a water-tiglrt construction by the overlapping of the margins of ll1e shingles, as l1ereinal'ter deseribed; and, seconcl, to streugtl1en them.

In joining the shingles together tl1e upper corner haviug the full recess 01 ezwity a c0n1es uppermost in each shingle, and the uext shingle to the right thereofhas it-s side edge,cfl, m er lapping, so that the side water-guard, a, enters the cavity 0 and the rib I) the edge cavity, b",

and. the cavity a fits upon the imperforate rounded upper end of the shingle. The next shingle, or the one to the left, is arranged so that its edge a extends Or overlaps upon the edge of the first shingle, and so that the water guard b* of the lower shingle extends into the cavity 0 of the other shingle, and the rib 01 bead b of the lower shingle is covered by the 1ib 0r bea(1 Zfi. ll1e next 01 fourth shingle has 1'ts lower end, a, restng upon the-seetion a of the third shingle in order.

Il will be seen that the shngles as finally arranged are of four thcknesses al, he oorners and of two thoknesses along the inter medate overlapping edges or seobions,and that at each corner 'nhe first.or nnderrnost: part is the Section a that (he corner of the next seetion in order rests thereon and has the finger or fastening projeelzion a", whoh extends npward therefrom throu g11 the hole formed by making the fastening projecton a ,that the next shingle in order also has a asnenng projeotion or finger, a whch extends throngh the hole a in the uppermost shngle, and whieh may also reoeve the finger or fastenng-ext-ension of the second shngle in order, and that: the corners of the shngles are thereby firmly l'astened or seeured together.

Of course in lieu of fastening fingers formed by striking up or cntting the metal of the shngle tself, I may use independent or separate fingers or fastenings seoured by solder, 01 by rivebing to the shngles, and adapted to be used snbstantally as are the fingers desoribed,with the exception that there wonl d be bnt one used on eaeh shingle, and it would be arranged to extend through holes formed in the corners of the other two smlar te t he hole1'n the lower corner of the shngle. By ths constrnotion the shingles are firmly secnred together, and a eontinnous double water-guard 'ormed abont eaoh shngle, and the shngle is at the same time strengthened by the rbs and edges wheh make or form the water-guards.

Of eonrse nalsor solder, 01 bothmay be nsed, ether with or without the lastenings above deserbed, for seonrng the shingles together and to the roof.

1n some nstanees, to provide additional stiffness or strengtah, the fingersa a are p'rovided with lengthwise oorrugatons, as shown in Fig 6.

lh61'6 may be used in lien of the fingers oleats of metalfastened to the roof to project over the overlapping corners a a and adapted to enter the hole a.

Havng thus fully described my inventon, I claim and desre to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. A metaal s'hingle havng the mperforate seeton a forming bhe oaxty a, the beads or rbs b b", extending therefrom and providing the eavites Z) Z), and. the corner reeesses or cavities a a (6, the beads or ribs Zf Ifl, oonnectng them, forming the cavties Z) Z)", all snbstan tally as deseribed.

2. A metal shingle havng the strnck-up 1'mperforate seebon a forn1ing a cavity, a, the beads or ribs b Z2 extending therefrom and formng the cavites b 1), the reoesses or cavi ties a a a", formedin tl1e corners theroof, as speoified, the conneezng edge beads or ribs 1) F, forming the edge cavties b I)", the beads or rbs 0 0 formng the cavties c 0 and the turned-up scle edges, a Z), all substanbially as deseribed.

3. A metal shingle having the upper re0ess or cavty, a, and the eavibies a u u at or near the corners, and shaped snbstantallyas specified, and the fastening finger 01 fingers a a all snbstantal] y as described.

4. The metal shingle having the eavity a, formed as described, the beads or ribs b Ifi, extending tl1erefrom and forn1ing the oavtes b' I), the water-gnards a I), the fingers a u, and the hole a, substantially as descrbed.

5. Thecombnation of a shingle havng the rased mperforate seetion a", bheraised corner seebon a, the bead or rib Z), and the waterguard b*wth a shingle-having the raised sections a a and the 1bs 0 U, 'orming bhe cavities c 0", all snbstantally as deserbed.

EZEKIEL VAN NOORDEN.

\Vitnessesz F. F. RYMOND, 2d. FRED. B. DOLAN. 

